An Airborne Laser Polarimeter System (ALPS) For Terrestrial Physics Research
Abstract
The design of a multispectral polarized laser system for characterizing the depolarization properties of the Earth's surface is described. Using a laser as the light source, this airborne system measures the Stokes parameters of the surface to simultaneously arrive at the polarization degree, azimuthal angle, and ellipticity for each wavelength. The technology will be studied for the feasibility of expansion of the sensor to do surface polarization imaging. The data will be used in support of solar polarization studies and to develop laser radiometry as a tool in environmental remote sensing.
- Publication:
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Recent advances in sensors, radiometry, and data processing for remote sensing
- Pub Date:
- October 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.945669
- Bibcode:
- 1988SPIE..924...33K
- Keywords:
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- Airborne Lasers;
- Depolarization;
- Earth Surface;
- Polarimeters;
- Remote Sensing;
- Spacecraft Instruments;
- Data Processing;
- Footprints;
- Photomultiplier Tubes;
- Sounding Rockets;
- Stokes Law Of Radiation;
- Instrumentation and Photography